Record ID: LIN-2FF154
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early-medieval hammered penny of Cnut, struck at the Lincoln mint. On the obverse is a left facing bust holding a sceptre with a lis head. The legend reads: CNU-T REX. The reverse has a voided short cross with annulet ends and a pellet centre with the legend: LEOFWIN ON LIN.
Cnut's short cross coinage was struck between c.1029 and c.1036, and this coin corresponds to North number 790.
Created on: Sunday 15th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 8th May 2013Spatial data recorded.